Appleworks doesn't work on my Mac Mini - spinning ball loop

I get spinning ball, with activity monitor showing 99% cpu usage for appleworks. Problem occurres when clicking in area to switch to finder. Rest of system works but can't get spinning ball to stop. Have to force quit on Appleworks.
Mac mini - Intel (1 month old) OS 10.4.6 with latest updates applied, which included a firmware fix. Appleworks Version 6.2.9 (but same failure with 6.2.7)
As suggested by Peggy did file permission check/fix and removed preference file to force a clean new preference file. Doesn't help.
Appleworks V6.2.9 seems to work OK, at least with the limited usage, WP & SS, on my PowerPC G5.
Any suggestions?
Chuck

Welcome to Apple Discussions Chuck
Obviously you found my user tip/posts on corrupt AppleWorks preferences although you said "preference file." There are four preference files in two different places. Take another look at my user tip, AppleWorks has stopped working correctly, for the file names & locations.
However, the spinning beach ball you see in AppleWorks has nothing to do with your Intel Mac or corrupt preferences but is the most complained about bug in AppleWorks 6 - known as the "Recent Items bug." The same problem will affect any Mac no matter what processor or OS. There are three user tips in the User Tips Library dealing with Recent Items.
Dale Gillard - AppleWorks slow? Spinning ball appears?
Dale Gillard - Recent items not visible/updated
Yvan Koenig - No More Recent Items

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